Colombia aims for new peace deal with Farc

The question investors are asking is can Colombian president Santos get the deal with Farc ratified?

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Santos: can he bring peace to Colombia
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Colombia's government and the Marxist rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) have agreed on a new peace pact in a bid to end the country's five-decade-long civil war, six weeks after the original deal was narrowly rejected in a referendum amid objections it favoured the rebels too heavily.

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Giselle Garcia is a Brazilian journalist currently studying for a master's degree in financial journalism at City University in London. Her focus is on international politics and markets.